Folk Art Paintings
FOLK ART STYLE
Folk art is a genre of art that shares the creator’s traditions, offering not just an artistic display but an opportunity to learn about a culture. Antique, new and vintage folk art typically reflects a heritage or location. It can include utilitarian objects and handmade art as diverse as weather vanes, duck decoys, portraiture and paintings, carnival art and quilts.
Quilts are a quintessential part of American folk art but their roots are international, with quilting dating back to Ancient Egypt. The practice spread to Europe and was especially prominent in the Middle Ages, with one of the oldest surviving examples being the Tristan quilt made in Sicily in the 14th century. They were made as bedcovers and clothing, including as a layer for knights to wear beneath their armor. Native American folk art includes functional objects reflecting their heritage, such as baskets, textiles and wooden pieces.
Elsewhere, the vast range of work associated with Mexican folk art includes masks made by Mexican craftspeople for traditional celebrations and ceremonial dances. Mexican masks are part of the country’s folk-art traditions that go back thousands of years and play a role in festivals and theater.
Works in the folk art tradition are valuable because of the skills involved, like weaving, hand-carving wood and even stonework. Many folk artists are self-taught, while some train as apprentices within their community. By using available materials and taking a personal approach to their creations, artists ensure each piece is unique and conveys a story.
During the Great Depression, artistic materials in America were hard to come by, so artisans used discarded wood from cigar boxes and shipping crates to make highly stylized, notched pieces — most often picture frames and boxes — that are today sought after by collectors. This folk art style is called tramp art and was popular from roughly 1870 until the 1940s.
Folk art brings vibrant culture and traditions into your home. Browse an extensive collection of antique, new and vintage folk art on 1stDibs.
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Style: Folk Art
Mid 20th Century Folk Art Seascape Oil Painting, Framed
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Terrific oil on canvas of a harbor with a medieval structure at the crest of a small hill, buildings and mountains in the distance, with two figures headed in opposite directions pau...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Early 20th Century Portrait Oil Painting of a Woman in Traditional Folk Dress
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautiful Portrait of Ruth Alderfer in a traditional folk costume, possibly Dutch. Oil on board, "Portrait of Ruth Alderfer in Costume", signed and titled en verso. 1932 signed top r...
Category
1930s Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
19th Century Portrait Miniature In Graphite American
Located in Hudson, NY
This is a very beautiful , highly detailed and well executed portrait of a woman. Created in the early nineteenth century with graphite on paper. The sitter can be seen with a book i...
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Large Italian Painting of a Merchant Ship "The Venetian Workers' Society Offers"
Located in Katonah, NY
A unique work of art, this charming painting was hand painted in Italy in the mid-19th century.
Created to promote The Venetian Workers' Society, this large hand-painted oil paintin...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood
Indian Pichwai Painting, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
Pichwai is a form of Indian folk art that originated over 400 years ago in the temple town of Nathdwara, Rajasthan. The term “Pichwai” is from the Sanskrit words "Pichh," meaning bac...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Salum Mussa, African Tingatinga School Composition, Oil on Board, 1970s
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Salum Mussa, Tanzania, 1970s
Oil painting on board
Work signed by the artist
Work dimensions 61/61
Unframed work
Salum Mussa Mzee Lumumba (1926-1999) was one of Edward Saidi Ting Ti...
Category
1970s Tanzanian Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
Juan Navarette Abstract Cuban Folkloric "Painting Woman with Fish and Pigeon"
Located in Miami, FL
Juan Navarette Abstract Cuban Folkloric "Painting Woman with Fish and Pigeon"
Offered for sale is a Cuban folkloric painting of a seated woman reading a box next to a window with a typical colonial Stained glass panel. The composition features a mosaic fish...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
1950s Outsider Art Still Life Painting
Located in Garnerville, NY
A modernist contemplative allegorical still life vanitas type painting on masonite board. Circa 1950. This work originates from a Western Connecticut estate. The work is unsigned. The artist renders several derelict objects in paint: a worn and torn circus poster, a broken umbrella, a headless teddy bear, a wilting plucked flower with scattered bits of ribbon. The menacing little clown doll...
Category
1950s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paint
Berthelis Myrbet Vintage Acrylic on Canvas Painting of a Haitian Harbor Scene
Located in Miami, FL
Colorful vintage acrylic painting of Haitian Harbor Scene of 3 huts and sailboats on canvas.
Signed by Artist and made In Haiti in the 1970.
Good vintage condition with signs of w...
Category
Late 20th Century Haitian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Folk Art Portrait of a Man Smoking a Cigarette, Antique English Original Oil
Located in Bristol, GB
VINTAGE PORTRAIT PAINTING
An evocative portrait depicting a man in a flat cap with a scarf lighting a cigarette with a match.
The artist has skillfully managed to capture the moment...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
Large Painting 0f Jesus, Original Oil On Canvas, Circa 1900
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Antique Original Oil on Canvas Painting of Jesus in a nice wooden frame.
Unsigned but executed in a confident and competent manner.
I would date this to the 1900. The painting was fo...
Category
Early 20th Century Hungarian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pine
Oil on Burlap Painting by Jose Maria De Servin 1950s
Located in Troy, MI
Jose Maria De Servin Oil on Burlap Painting circa 1950s
Jose Maria De Servin (Mexico, 1917-1983)
Oil on burlap, framed, signed upper right.
Additional Information:
Materials: Burla...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Burlap, Paint
Vintage Large Balinese Painting on Silk from Ubud Bali
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Mid-20th century Balinese painting on silk fabric, framed.
Vintage large Balinese art painting, from Ubud, Bali acrylic on silk.
Beautiful artwork by the Indonesian artist from Ubud.
Painted in Peliatan, Ubud Bali by W. Kurpelir as signed on the bottom left hand corner.
Balinese Folk Festival ceremonial procession, Ink and acrylic paint on canvas.
Batuan painting evolved in the 1930s after a group of local villagers tested different forms with ink-washed paintings upon black backgrounds. These paintings often reveal Batuan’s cultural life, directly through their elements of line, shape, and tone. Meticulous design, craftsmanship, and strong visual impression are characteristic of the style.
The painting comprise individual shapes which are painted in a precise and systematic manner that does not leave any empty space. The complexity of the paintings is inevitable as each of the strokes, lines, gradations, the characters or the subjects forms a delicate unity that finely balances the figure-filled canvas. Various gradations of colors separate different sections of the painting. The landscape is enticing and endless.
About Bali Art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Balinese Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Silk
Saidi Nakoko, African Tingatinga School Painting, Oil on Canvas, 1970s, Framed
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Saidi Nakoko, Tingatinga, Tanzania, 1970s
Oil on canvas
Work signed by the artist
Working dimensions 44/33
Framed work
Tinga Tinga is an art style originating from East Africa. It w...
Category
1970s Tanzanian Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Paul Shimon Judaica Folk Art Gouache on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Paul Shimon (American, 1919-2011) Judaica Folk Art Interior scene gouache on paper, signed to lower right, circa 1945, housed in a wood frame.
Dimensions: Image: 10" H x 14" W; Fram...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Glass, Wood
Paul Shimon Judaica Folk Art Gouache on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Paul Shimon (American, 1919-2011) Judaica Folk Art gouache on paper, signed to lower left, circa 1946, housed in a wood frame.
Dimensions: Image: 17" H x 11.5" W; Frame: 25.25" H x ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
Saidi Nakoko, African Tingatinga School Painting, Oil on Canvas, 1970s, Framed
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Saidi Nakoko, Tingatinga, Tanzania, 1970s
Oil on canvas
Work signed by the artist
Working dimensions 44/33
Framed work
Tinga Tinga is an art style originating from East Africa. It w...
Category
1970s Tanzanian Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Oil on Wood Painting "Snow Roller" by Forrest K. Moses
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1970 oil on pressed wood painting "Snow Roller", signed lower right, Forrest K. Moses. Gallery label en verso. Forrest King Moses, American, 1893-1974. Label from Moses notes the pai...
Category
1970s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Oil on Wood Painting "Nine O'Clock" by Forrest K. Moses
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Date January 1971 oil on pressed wood painting "Nine O'Clock", signed lower right Forrest K. Moses. Gallery labels en verso. Forrest King Moses, American, 1893-1974. Label from Moses...
Category
1970s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Abstracted Man in Red Hat Oil on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Artist unknown, Man in Red Hat, oil on canvas painting, apparently unsigned, housed in a ebonized wood frame.
Dimensions: Image: 22" H x 19" W; framed: 22.5" H x 19.5" W.
Dealer: ...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri Signed Indigenous Aboriginal Art Original Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, unique, and quite engaging original acrylic painting on canvas artboard titled "Banana/Potato Dreaming" by indigenous Australian Aboriginal artist Clifford Possum Tjapal...
Category
20th Century Australian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri Indigenous Aboriginal Art Large Original Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, unique, and quite engaging original acrylic painting on canvas artboard titled "Grass Seed Dreaming" by indigenous Australian Aboriginal art...
Category
20th Century Australian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Outsider Painting in Acrylic of a Humpback Whale on Blue
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This is a great example of outsider art. This painting of a black humpback whale is painted on a masonite board. At the center is a black humpback whale with an open mouth and beady ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Paint
Madonna and Child, Oil on Tin, 19th C
Located in New York, NY
Madonna and Child, oil on tin, 19th C, likely Mexican or Latin American and depicting the Virgin crowned and holding the Christ Child (with holes from previos mounting, now framed). ...
Category
19th Century Antique Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Tin
Large Vintage Balinese Painting on Silk from Ubud Bali 1960's
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Mid 20th Century Balinese Painting on silk fabric, Framed.
Vintage large Balinese art painting, from Ubud, Bali acrylic on silk.
Beautiful artwork by the Indonesian artist from Ubud.
Painted in Peliatan, Ubud Bali by VJ. Kupur as signed on the bottom left hand corner.
Balinese Folk Festival ceremonial procession, Ink and acrylic paint on canvas.
Batuan painting evolved in the 1930s after a group of local villagers tested different forms with ink-washed paintings upon black backgrounds. These paintings often reveal Batuan’s cultural life, directly through their elements of line, shape, and tone. Meticulous design, craftsmanship, and strong visual impression are characteristic of the style.
The painting comprise individual shapes which are painted in a precise and systematic manner that does not leave any empty space. The complexity of the paintings is inevitable as each of the strokes, lines, gradations, the characters or the subjects forms a delicate unity that finely balances the figure-filled canvas. Various gradations of colors separate different sections of the painting. The landscape is enticing and endless.
About Bali Art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Balinese Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Silk
"Portrait of a Man with Bowtie" Painting on Canvas by Lee Godie
By Lee Godie
Located in Skokie, IL
Lee Godie "Portrait of a man with bowtie" painting on canvas, USA
Additional Information:
Materials: Ink and paint on window canvas
Dimensions: Frame: 21" H x 17" W
Condition: Very ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
19th C. Mexican Retablo, C.1880
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An original 19th century Mexican folk retablo. Oil paint on tin. Subject unknown.
CREATOR Unknown.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1880.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Oil Paint on Tin.
CONDITION Good. Wear consistent with age and use.
DIMENSIONS H 14 in. W 10 in.
HISTORY
Retablos, better known as 'laminas' in Mexico, are small oil paintings on tin, wood and sometimes copper which were used in home altars to venerate the almost infinite number of Catholic saints. The literal translation for 'retablo' is 'behind the altar.' This unique genre of art, deeply rooted in European history, was brought to Mexico with the arrival of the Spanish and then ultimately adopted by New World mestizo natives to become what is known today as the Mexican folk retablo.
The retablo was an art form that flourished in post conquest Mexico and then ultimately, with the introduction of inexpensive mediums such as tin, reached its pinnacle of popularity in the last quarter of the 19th century. With some exceptions, mostly untrained artists from the provinces worked to produce and reproduce these sacred images; some subjects painted more prolifically than others. A typical "retablero" may have reproduced the same image hundreds, if not thousands of times in his or her career.
These oil paintings were sold to devout believers who displayed them in home altars to honor their patron saints. There are virtually hundreds of saints, each invoked to remedy a different situation. "San Ysidro Labrador," the patron saint of farmers, is venerated for good weather...
Category
19th Century Mexican Antique Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Tin
"Untitled" Mixed Media Collage Painting by Loy Bolin
By Howard Finster
Located in Skokie, IL
Loy Bolin, "Untitled" Mixed media collage, circa 1980s.
Loy Bolin aka The Rinestone Cowboy 1909-1995. Known for his “Beautiful Holy Jeweled Home of The Rinestone Cowboy”. The wal...
Category
1980s North American Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Glass, Pine, Paint, Paper
K. Hutchings - 'Lac Léman' - Vintage Landscape Painting - Unframed - circa 1990
Located in Chatham, ON
K. HUTCHINGS - 'Lac Léman' (Lake Geneva) - Vintage acrylic landscape painting on stretched canvas - unframed - signed lower right - signed/titled/dated verso - circa 1990.
Excelle...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Large Oil Panting “Cleaning Fishes”, Social Realism Style
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Wonderful and interesting large social realism oil painting depicting fishermen and men and women at work, collecting and cleaning fishes.
We see the influence of folk art and socia...
Category
Late 20th Century Russian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Caucasian School Man and Woman Oil on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Caucasian school oil on canvas depicting a man and a woman seated on a bench, signed "Kovkas Z?" to lower right, housed in a orange painted wood frame.
Dimensions: Image: 41" H x ...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Antique Mexican Retablo "Our Lady of Sorrow"
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
An original early 20th century Mexican folk retablo depecting "Our Lady of Sorrows". A dagger pierces the grieving Virgin Mary's heart referencing...
Category
Early 20th Century Mexican Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Tin
Set of Four Original Mixed Media Drawings of Animals, Priced Individually
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Charming set of four moonlight animal compositions drawn in ink, colored with watercolor, and decorated in silver and gold leaf, executed in a whimsical naive style, matted and prese...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
Wide Circus Banner by Johnson Fred G
Located in BORDEAUX, FR
Rare and beautiful American circus banner by Johnson Fred G.
It features 2 original attractions. Painted on a large canvas, it can also be divided into...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Still Life with Flowers, Oil Painting on Canvas by American-Italian Artist
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Artwork from US born Italian artist Emanuele Laustino (Pittsburgh 1916-Asti 1988). Laustino was the son of immigrants from Asti´s countryside in Northern Italy, and moved to the Unit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
19th Century American Folk Art Watercolor Cat Painting
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Fantastic Folk Art appeal in this 19th century American watercolor on paper featuring a cat sitting on a nice stool. The piece is presented in a period frame with small gold foil lin...
Category
19th Century American Antique Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paper
Pichhavai Hindu Painting of Radha and Krishna with Female Gopis
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large Pichhavai Hindu Painting of Radha and Krishna with Female Gopis.
Pichhwai Hindu Painting of Krishna and Radha framed under glass.
Kris...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Silk, Glass, Wood
1930s Eduardo Abela Cuban Domino Players Painting, Gouache with Drawing
Located in Miami, FL
1930s Eduardo Abela Cuban Domino Players Painting, Gouache with Drawing
Offered for sale is an Eduardo Abela (Cuba, 1889-1965) drawing with gouache painting of a typical Cuban folk art scene of men sitting around a table with their large brimmed hats smoking cigars and playing dominoes. The wonderful little painting is framed and matted under glass and is wired and ready to hang.
Eduardo Abela (1889–1965) was a Cuban painter and comics artist. Born in San Antonio de los Baños, he studied at the San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts, graduating in 1921. For the next decade, he lived abroad, first in Spain and then in France. In Paris he became acquainted with numerous Cuban intellectuals; among them was Alejo Carpentier, who encouraged him to develop his talent to depict native Cuban themes. Encounters with the work of Jules Pascin and Marc Chagall further shaped his style. Upon his return to Cuba, Abela created the character of "El Bobo" ("The Fool") as a protest against the Machado government. This he drew for El Diario de la Marina...
Category
Early 20th Century Cuban Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Wire
Antique Pair of Folk Art Collages Paintings of Partridges in Tramp Art Frames
Located in Munich, DE
This charming pair of collages of a male and a female partridge has been skilfully made out of feathers. The game birds have been set in a colourful landscape surround painted in wat...
Category
1880s Austrian Antique Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Feathers
Pair of Lacquered Panel Duck Paintings by Artist Ira Yeager
By Ira Yeager
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Folk art style pair of cabinet door panels that have been lacquer painted by artist Ira Yeager (American 1938-2022). Beautifully depicted pair of white ducks amid colorful flora and fauna. Vivid green and yellow dominated paintings on arched wooden...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Wood
W.P.A. Style Painting, Science, Politics Industry 1940s-1950s, Oil on Board
By WPA
Located in Buffalo, NY
Amazing W.P.A. style painting, trip-tic depicting science, politics industry, worker's, 1940s-1950s. Oil on board, measuring: 52" x 32". Attention to details. Unfortunately not signe...
Category
1940s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Bali Hindu Textile Framed 'Kamasan' Painting, Indonesia, circa 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A Mid-20th Century 'Kamasan' cotton textile painting from Bali, Indonesia. The hand painted image has great detail and depicts Balinese Hindu mythology. This textile painting is stre...
Category
Early 1900s Balinese Antique Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Paint
Large Vintage Framed Pichhavai Painting of Krishna Playing His Flute
Located in Morristown, NJ
Vintage Pichhavai painting on fabric of Krishna playing is flute with Radha and female Gopis gathered by his side. The colors, details and facial ex...
Category
1970s Indian Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Paint
Folk Art Animal Painting Brown and White Cats and Mouse Oil on Panel
Located in Munich, DE
This charming naive painting of two cats, one with a white fur, one with a reddish brown tiger fur, has been painted on a wooden panel using oil paints. It was painted around the las...
Category
1890s French Antique Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Wood
Alfred Birdsey Group of Three Vintage Bermuda Watercolors
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Striking group of three tropical watercolors by famed Bermuda painter Alfred Birdsey known for his impressionist style and vibrant colors. Presente...
Category
20th Century Bermudian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
Early 20th Century Southern American Folk Art Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
A captivating and intriguing early 20th century Southern American folk art panel, found in Mississippi, depicting a figure with what appears to be African tribal headgear, and wearing a white collared shirt with black suit jacket. The line work and attention to detail is extraordinary and mysterious, with the artist choosing to incorporate a natural knot in the board to form the mouth of the figure, and the left half of the drawing showing shading, but seemingly left unfinished. The frame is not terribly old, and is constructed from splatter-painted boards...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Large Vintage Framed Pichhavai Painting of Krishna, Radha and Gopis by Moonlight
Located in Morristown, NJ
Vintage Pichhavai painting on fabric of Krishna, Radha and female Gopis.
Krishna walking with Radha and the Gopis by moonlight. The colors, details...
Category
1970s Indian Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Paint
American Folk Art Portrait Miniature by Patrick Wybrant Circa 1854
By Patrick Wybrant
Located in Hudson, NY
Watercolor on paper, young boy in a dress by Patrick Wybrant, circa 1850s. Purportedly a child of a prominent Boston Family.
Provenance: Property from the Collection of Maggie Cohen, New York City
Overall: 8-1/2"h x 7-1/2"w
Sight: 5-1/2"h x 4-1/2"w
Patrick Wybrant was born in Rathdrum, County Wicklow in 1816. He painted in Great Britain from 1849 to 1852, spent approximately three years in the United States. During that time he painted watercolor portraits for prominent Massachusetts families. Wyrat returned to work in Yorkshire around 1855-1856. He may have continued to work until his death, in Knaresborough, West Riding...
Category
1850s American Antique Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
Tamar Markova Folk Art Painting, 1970s
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Tamar Markova Folk Art painting, 1970s.
Category
20th Century Unknown Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Oil Painting on Canvas of Haitian Village by Edouard Tran
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Enchanting oil painting on canvas depicting a serene Haitian village with trees, flowers, birds, and playful figures executed in a naive folk style. Sign...
Category
Mid-20th Century Haitian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
French 19th Century Pastel with Virgin Mary and Jesus Child
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An antique pastel drawing representing the Madonna and Jesus child in her arms. This French painting is most probably made in Paris as the canvas mark shows o...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Seascape with Ship Racing a Barkentine, by C.A.S. Orne, 1920
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Seascape with square-rigged ship racing a Barkentine, by C.A.S. Orne, 1920, a watercolor on paper stormy seascape with two square-riggers running before the wind, with choppy...
Category
1920s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paper
Large Oil Painting on Canvas, Modernist Abstract, by Jim Bray, circa 1963
By Jim Bray
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large oil painting on canvas. Modernist Abstract, by Jim Bray, circa 1963. Charming image. Child-like. Great use of color, texture, space.
Category
1960s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Charles Saül Framed Haitian Vintage Village Scene Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Located in Miami, FL
An original framed acrylic on canvas painting of a Haitian village scene with people going back and forth, huts, and tall foliage and palm trees.
Signe...
Category
Late 20th Century Haitian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Surreal Figurative Painting, Roland Gautier
Located in London, GB
A large oil painting on ply board by French artist Roland Gautier. A surreal figurative observation of two forms with floating heads. A bold piece of qui...
Category
Late 20th Century French Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Paint
Peter Arvidson Post Modern Modernist American Painter 'the Lovers" 1993, Oil
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on canvas painting by listed Contemporary artist Peter Arvidson.
The thick imposto and color choices create a whimsical but striking ...
Category
1990s American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Caribbean Painting of a Boat with Figures in the Style of Orville Bulman
By Orville Bulman 1
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Whimsical acrylic painting on canvas of a boat with a woman and three chickens in a basket executed in a delightful naive style, reminiscent of Orville Bulman...
Category
Late 20th Century Caribbean Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Balinese Painting, Artwork, Folk Art, 1980s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Balinese Painting; Artwork; 1980s; Balinese Art; Bali; Folk Art;
Balinese painting, dating from the 1980s. Balinese art has traditionally called upon religion (Hinduism), people, and the island itself. Bali’s art...
Category
1980s Balinese Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Folk Art paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique folk art paintings for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage paintings created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, folk art, asian art and furniture and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with fabric, paint and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Folk Art paintings made in a specific country, there are North America, United States, and Europe pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original paintings, popular names associated with this style include Purvis Young, Alejandro Rangel Hidalgo, M J Myers, and A. Tamme. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for paintings differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $55 and tops out at $37,000 while the average work can sell for $2,400.
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